Afternoon Surprise
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Crop Lines
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Dusk
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High Sky
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Looking West
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Morning Colours
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Quiet
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Sleeping Bee
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Spring Run Off
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Thinking
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West Valley
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West Winds
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Close and Quiet
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A Gopher Sunday
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Towards Lumbreck
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Winter Sunsets
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Chinook
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Cloud
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Pincher Creek Sky
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Quietly Thinking
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Artist Statement
I graduated from the University of Calgary BFA, majoring in painting in 1983. Over the years, I have attended Emma Lake Workshops, a Red Deer College summer session and the Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts (MISSA). I have donated my paintings to several prominent fund raising events, and many are part of private and corporate collections.
The Abstract Expressionists of the 1950’s and 60’s were of particular interest to me. For example, when Morris Louis poured acrylic paint in order to stain raw canvas, he produced “lovely transparent veils of hue.” The colour relationship of two triangles by Mark Rothko “set up a gentle position of tranquil abstracts”. Takao Tanabe’s land and seascapes were painted with muted tones. And finally, I admired Lauren Harris’ strength of composition and Helen Frankenthaler’s use of colour.
Prairie landscapes are never comprehended all at once. It’s the absorption of multiple moments and details that draw me to paint. The sense of awe that energizes the moment, the powerful vastness, subtleties of softness, the hidden life force, are qualities that keep me attuned to the prairie.
Corporate Collections
- Council for Canadian Unity
- Montana Investment Group
- Northern Country Energy
- Bennett Jones LLP
- Suncor Energy
- Milne Harris Lawyers
- IBM Canada
- CIBC
- Alberta Foundation for the Arts
- Andrews Geological Consulting
- Amoco Petroleum
- United Grain Growers
- Gulf Canada
- Northern Telecom
- U.of C. Medical School
- Chevron Canada Resources
- SAIT Dining Centre
- Walton International
- Tubb Price Waterhouse Coopers
- Stewart Architects Limited
- Guardian Ruggles Crysdale, Toronto
Bibliography
Feature article - Kim Heinrick Gray, Calgary Herald Oct. 19th. 2003
Exhibitions
| 2004 |
“Clear Cut: The Understanding Exhibition” Group Exhibition |
Bowman Arts Centre + Yates Theatre Galleries, Lethbridge, AB |
| 2004 |
“May Mixture” Two Person Show |
University of Calgary Theatre Mezzanine Gallery |
| 2003 |
“Two Decades” SOLO |
Art Space |
| 2002 |
University of Calgary Alumni Show
Theatre Lobby |
University of Calgary |
| 2001 |
“Wheat Grass Country” SOLO |
Art Space |
| 1999 |
Stoney Plain and Multi Culture Centre Exhibition |
Stoney Plain |
| 1999 |
“Past Present and Abstraction” SOLO |
Kensington Fine Arts Gallery |
| 1994 |
“A Sense of Place” SOLO |
Kensington Fine Arts Gallery |
| 1994 |
The Leighton Foundation Exhibition |
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| 1993 |
Glenbow Museum Acquisition Society
“Art Lotto” Auction |
Calgary |
| 1993 |
Calgary Winter Festival Patrons Parade of Art |
Calgary |
| 1992 |
“Signature” J. Webb Wine Merchants Ltd. Wine Label |
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| 1992 |
Alberta Landscapes Two Person Show |
Kensington Fine Arts Gallery |
| 1992 |
Canadian Museum of Nature “Evergreen” Exhibition |
Ottawa (Juried) |
| 1991 |
Canadian Museum of Nature “Evergreen” Exhibition |
Ottawa (Juried) |
| 1989 |
New Paintings SOLO |
Kensington Fine Arts Gallery |
| 1988 |
“Prairie Scapes” |
Pentley Jones Vancouver |
| 1988 |
Gulf Canada Gallery |
Main Gallery |
| 1988 |
Olympic Art Festival |
Exhibition |
| 1987 |
Recent Paintings SOLO |
Kensington Fine Arts Gallery |
| 1988 |
“Parallels and Affinities” |
Grand Prairie Gallery |
| 1986 |
“The Alberta Landscapes” |
Kensington Fine Arts Gallery |
| 1985 |
Gulf Canada Gallery Calgary SOLO |
Main Gallery |
| 1985 |
“Three Artists” |
Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary |
Professional Development
| 2007 |
ART and Wilderness Experience
Visual Art Workshop. Atlin B.C. Gernot Dick |
| 2006 |
Painting Residency
MISSA Person College, Victoria B.C. |
| 2002 |
A Painters Paradise. San Miguel de Allande, Mexico Painting Residency. Mentor – Wynona Mulcaster |
| 2000 |
Painting Residency
MISSA Pearson College, Victoria. B.C. |
| 2000 |
Architectural Tour – Spain, Portugal
Out of California USA |
| 1996 |
Restaurant and Museum Tour
New York w/John Gilchrist |
| 1992 |
Exploration of Contemporary Painting MISSA Pearson College. Roland Hill |
| 1992 |
Brush Usage
MISSA Lorne Loomer |
| 1990 |
Red Deer College Summer Session
Painting |
| 1989 |
Emma Lake Workshop
Painting |
| 1983 |
University of Calgary B.F.A Major Painting |
| 1981 |
Alberta Culture Travel Grant
Painting and Ceramic Tour. Taiwan, Korea |
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